Anthony iske



(No Model.)

A. ISKE.

CLOTHES DRIER.

No. 277,736. Patented May 15,1883.

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ANTHONY' Is'KE, or LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, AssieNoR To ALBERT: D.snrrH, oF SAME PLACE.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent' No. 277,736, dated May 15,1883. Application tiled February Q1, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that` I, ANTHONY lsKE, a citizen ot' the United States,residing` at Lancas` p ter, in the county ot' Lancasterl and State ot'5l Pennsylvania, havenvented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Driers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to I@ which itappertains to make and use thesame,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters orligures of reference marked thereon, which t'orm a part ot' thisspecication.

This invention relates to devices for suspending clothes while drying,and more especially to that class of such devices in which a series ofarmsA are pivoted to a bracket or support in such manner that they maybe turned into difterentangles,or, when not needed, folded side by sideagainst the wall.

The nature of said invention consistsin certain improvements(hereinafter described) in the supporting devices, which improvementslock said arms in position for use and prevent accidental displacement,but facilitate the turning ot' said arms at will, so that they willfolddownward against the wall.

The said invention also consists in certain 3o details ot' constructionand combination hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy clothesdrier in position for use. Fig. 2 represents a front view ot'the plate, frame, and arms when the latter are folded down against thewall. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section'ot the plate and -l'rame withthe arms attached and arranged horizontally. Fig. 4 represents a detailrear 4Q view of the base-plate. Fig. 5 represents a detail horizontalsection of the frame, and Fig. 6 represents a modilied construction ot'the frame and pintle.

The same letters indicate the saine parts in the several figures. l v

A designates the plate whereby the clothesdrier is suspended from nailsdriven into the wall, B, a supporting-frame for the arms, said framebeing held to said plate by a central 5c screw, C; and D, the arms,which are secured to said frame by a pintle, E, thelatter passingthrough projecting bearings l) l; onV said plate and allowingsaid armsto turn freely, as stated. This pintle may be screwthreaded at m' andheld in place by a nut, M, as in Fig. 6. These bearings are preferablycast with said trame and at the ends thereof, the sides bot' thesaidframe being inclined outward,.so as to give it a cradle form, andprojecting' ribs B2 being formed parallel to said bearings, across thein- 6g side ot' said frame, at suitableinteiw'als. 'lhe ottico-of theseribs is to brace the inner ends ot' the arms D when the latter are inposition for supporting the clothes, and their edges are curved so as tointerpose noobstacle to the horizontal ,pivotal motion ot1 said arms,the inner end ot each one ot' the latter being recessed at d to leaveroom for one ot' said ribs. These recesses d allow the arms to be bracedby one another as well as by the ribs, for 7o while the latter are incontact with therecessed (and therefore thinner) parts ofthe arms thethicker parts o't' the arms, beyond the re cess, are in contact witheach other. The pintle E is readily detachable, and the arms may then betaken out ot' the `Frame, there being no other fastening.

Frame B is constructed with a central slot, B', vertical when theclothes-drier is in position for use, under which circumstances the 8oscrew C occupies the upper end of said slot. On the back ot'said frameare formed two lugs, b2 and b3, the former being near the top thereofand the latter near the bottom. These lugs are adapted to enter and movein a circular groove, a, which isformed by two concentric anges, a a2,on the face of plate A. The inner flange, a', has at the top an opening,a", of sufficient size to allow the passage downward ot' the upper lug,b2; andthe outer flange, 9o a2, has'at the bottom an opening, a, ot'sut'licient size to allow the passage cl the lower lng, b3, down into arecess or pocket, by, of the material ofsad plate. When theclothes-drieris in position for use the said lower lug is in said pocket or recess,and the said frame is thereby prevented from turnino'. When it isdesired to turn the frame so as to getthe arms out of the way, the frameis simply moved upward, sliding over the plate until the lugs b2 Z3 roopass back through the openings a3 a4 into the groove a. A half-rotationof the frame (said lugs moving in said groove) brings the ribs B2 evenwith the flanges c a2, forms a brace for the back ot" the frame B. Insaid plate, respectively above and below said frame, are formed an upperkey-hole slot, A2, and a lower key-hole slot, A3, the larger part ofeach being downward. When the drier is t0 be hung up the larger parts ofthese slots are passed over the heads of nails driven into the wall orother support. The weight of the drier then causes plate A to slidedownward until the Shanks of the nails are at the upper ends of thenarrower parts ot' said key-hole slots. By reversing these' motions thedrier is readily removed bodily from the wall. The upper lug andcorresponding` opening inightbedispensed with; but such a constructionwould be less satisfactory.

Having thus fully described my invention,

l what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A plate provided with two concentric flanges and an interveninggroove, the inner ange being provided at top with an opening, and theouter lia-nge being'provided at bottom with an opening which leads intoor forms a locking-recess, in combination with a frame having a centralslot and pair of lugs, and pivoted to the said plaie through its centralslot, substantially as described, and arms attached to said frame, forthe purpose set forth.

alockingpocket or recess opening therefrom,in combination with a framehaving a central slot and provided with a lug, said frame being pivotedto said plate through its central slot, whereby it may be moved so as topermit the lug to pass from said groove into said pocket and back atwill, and a set of clothes-supporting arinspivoted to said frame,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTHONY ISKE.

Witnesses:

J As. B. DONNELLY, P. DONNELLY.

`2. A plate having on its face a groove, and

